Tata Motors global sales rise 13% in August

Sales of luxury brands from Jaguar Land Rover were at 24,060 units in August, up 13% from the same month last year, Tata Motors said in a statement.

While sales of luxury sedans of Jaguar brand stood at 2,960 units, Land Rover sales were at 18,798 units, it added.

The company said total passenger vehicles sales stood at 47,141 units in August, 2012, a jump of 23% from the same month last year.

Commercial vehicle sales were up by 4% to 50,084 units from the same month last year, it added.

The Tata Motors group's global sales comprise Tata, Tata Daewoo and Hispano Carrocera range of commercial vehicles, Tata passenger vehicles, along with the distributed brands in India, Jaguar and Land Rover.